Troponin I is a cardiac and skeletal muscle protein useful in the laboratory diagnosis of a heart attack. Troponin I is a part of the troponin protein complex, where it binds to actin in thin myofilaments to hold the actin-tropomyosin complex in place.
6β-PGI1 is a stable PGI2 analog resistant to hydrolysis in aqueous solutions. 6β-PGI1 has a much longer half-life than PGI2, but a greatly reduced molar potency for receptor mediated function. 6β-PGI1 has a Kact for adenylate cyclase in NCB-20 cells of 4.2 μM compared with 18 nM for PGI2. The potency for vasodilation and inhibition of platelet aggregation is about 1% of PGI2.
6α-Prostaglandin I1 (6α-PGI1) is a stable Prostaglandin I2 (PGI2) analog resistant to hydrolysis in aqueous solutions. 6α-PGI1 promotes cyclic AMP accumulation in human thyroid slices and cells in a concentration dependent manner. However, it is about 10-fold less potent than the β-isomer and 100-fold less potent than PGI2 in eliciting the response. 6α-PGI1 exhibits an IC50 of 350 ng ml for inhibition of ADP-induced platelet aggregation, which is nearly 900-fold higher than that observed for PGI2 (0.4 ng ml).
Methyl 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetate is a polyphenol that has been found inI. aquifoliumseeds and has antioxidant and antiviral activities.1,2It scavenges 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl radicals in a cell-free assay (IC50= 0.0025 mg ml).1Methyl 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetate (0.01 μg ml) inhibits enterovirus 71 replication in rhabdomyosarcoma cells.2 1.Nahar, L., Russell, W.R., Middleton, M., et al.Antioxidant phenylacetic acid derivatives from the seeds of Ilex aquifoliumActa Pharm.55(2)187-193(2005) 2.Wang, L., Wang, J., Wang, L., et al.Anti-enterovirus 71 agents of natural productsMolecules20(9)16320-16333(2015)